Sequoyah National Research Center

09/15/2026

Almost a decade in the making, our Modern Warriors of World War I website is now live!

Native Americans who served during World War I are having their stories shared through a comprehensive research project from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Sequoyah National Research Center. The Modern Warriors of World War I website has names of more than half of the 12,000 Native Americ...

08/28/2026

Mark your calendars: Thursday, September 3 at 5:30pm. Free and open to the public.

Come learn about American Indian ancestry with Erin Fehr from Sequoyah National Research Center.

07/06/2026

A film crew with the Seminole Nation is here today to interview Dr. Littlefield about Seminole Removal through Arkansas. They have been using our website Journey of Survival to locate important sites to visit in the state and plan to film more on their way back to Oklahoma.

06/08/2026

Mark you calendars for June 27 to attend the Oklahoma Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association as they mark the grave of James Downing, a survivor of the forced removal of Cherokee people. Dr. Littlefield will be the featured speaker for the event.

The Oklahoma Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association will hold its annual meeting from 10 a.m. to noon, June 27 at the D. D. Etchison Indian Methodist Church, 412

04/13/2026

We have extended our Summer Internship application deadline to this Friday, April 17. Please share with any interested students, who are tribally-affiliated.

04/07/2026

Are you a Native student looking for an internship? Apply here: https://ualr.edu/sequoyah/summerinternship/. Deadline extended to April 17.

03/30/2026

We are hard at work on our upcoming Modern Warriors of World War I website. We recently sat down with Sean Clancy at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette / ArkansasOnline.com to talk about our project and our hopes for a summer website launch.

On Aug. 5, 1918, Robert Emil Bruce wrote a let­ter to the super­in­tend­ent of the Carl­isle Indian School in Carl­isle, Pa. World War I was raging and Bruce was in France, serving in the U.S. Army’s 116th Engin­eers, Headquar­ters Detach­ment. He...

03/24/2026

Are you a Native student looking for an internship? Apply here: https://ualr.edu/sequoyah/summerinternship/. Deadline April 10.

03/04/2026

“To our knowledge, this will be the only website of its kind,” Fehr said. “This unique resource will expand scholarship, commemorate service, and celebrate Native American stories by providing access to primary resources.”

More than 12,000 American Indian and Alaska Native men served in World War I, yet many of their stories have long been scattered or overlooked. Now, the University of Arkansas ... UA Little Rock Leads Nation in Preserving Native American World War I History

02/28/2026

UA Little Rock alumni and former SNRC fellow Roy Boney, Jr. (Cherokee) was the featured artist at the OKC Thunder game last night. We love to see former students doing big things!